Jacqueline E. Lawton is a playwright, dramaturg, producer, and advocate for access, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the American Theatre. She received her MFA in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook ’em Horns!), where she was a … Read more

As a director, producer, actor and teacher Vivienne Benesch has had the great fortune to collaborate with exceptional theater artists of many generations on all sides of the table. The 2017 recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award given by the … Read more

Triffin Morris received her MFA in costume technology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has worked at Radio city Music Hall, Tricorne, Eric Winterling, the Metropolitan Opera and many others, making costumes for Broadway shows, opera, and dance. She worked … Read more

Professor Dooley appeared in more than 100 productions for PlayMakers Repertory Company.  He was a member of the faculty from 1992 to 2022, serving as Chair of the Department from 1999 to 2005, and as head of the Professional Actor … Read more

Michael Rolleri has been Technical Director, Project Manager, Exhibition Technician and Lighting Designer for industrial shows in the Southeast region, as well as lead carpenter for films, the U.S. Olympic Festival and scenic studios. He has also been a rigger … Read more

McKay Coble has designed costumes and scenery for numerous PlayMakers productions as well as for productions at the Alley Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Hartford Stage. She served as production coordinator for Barbara Matera, Ltd. for the Broadway productions of … Read more

Jan Chambers is a professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at UNC and a resident set and costume designer for PlayMakers Repertory Company. She has taught set, costume, and makeup design courses, as well as First Year Seminars related … Read more

David is the Director of Undergraduate Production overseeing the Kenan Theatre Company.  He is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies serving as the lead advisor in the Department. During the past few summers David has been the lighting designer for … Read more

Adam Versényi is Professor of Dramaturgy in Dramatic Art and Dramaturg for PlayMakers Repertory Company. He Chaired the Department from 2014-2022. A theatre scholar, dramaturg, critic, translator, and director, he is the author of Theatre in Latin America: Religion, Politics, … Read more

Kathy A. Perkins Africa/African Diaspora Theatre, World Drama, Lighting Design Kathy Perkins is the editor of Black Female Playwrights: An Anthology of Plays before 1950, Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays, African Women Playwrights, Alice Childress: Selected Plays … Read more